COVID-19 related research and resources
This collection includes the latest news, research and resources from the Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, University of Vienna) related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WIC News on Covid-19:
- Learning loss due to the Covid-19 pandemic
24/11/2022: A new study by WIC researchers addresses the question how COVID-19 school closures will affect inequalities in adult skills. - Lessons learned from COVID-19 mitigation measures
05/09/2022: In a new study researchers from the University of Padua and WIC analyzed how the expectation of a vaccine influences optimal lockdown measures.
- WIC Fact Sheet "Demographic Aspects of COVID-19"
08/08/2022: This fact sheet takes a closer look at the impact of the pandemic on people’s health, family dynamics, economies, and migration. - Out now: European Demographic Datasheet 2022
07/06/2022: This issue focuses on the population consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. - Understanding modern infectious diseases and their impacts
08/03/2022: In this new study, David E. Bloom, Michael Kuhn and Klaus Prettner analyse the macroeconomic impacts and policy responses to modern infectious diseases. - COVID-19 Baby Bust? How the pandemic affects birth rates and our demographic future
08/07/2021: Tomáš Sobotka was part of a panel discussing the COVID-19 baby bust. - Corona Lockdowns: Baby boom or baby bust?
21/04/2021: Interview with WIC Researcher Tomas Sobotka. - "Died from" or "died with" COVID-19?
20/04/2021: Markus Sauerberg on the mortality risk of COVID-19. - What is the optimal intensity with which to lockdown, and how should that intensity vary dynamically over the course of an epidemic?
10/03/2021: This paper by Alexia Prskawetz, Gustav Feichtinger, Stefan Wrzaczek and colleagues explores such questions with an optimal control model. - How to estimate the number of COVID-19 infected persons
08/03/2021: Interview with Miguel Sánchez-Romero. - Covid reduces life expectancy but not years of life
16/02/2021: Interview with Marc Luy. - An indirect method to monitor the fraction of people ever infected with COVID-19 published in PLOS ONE
01/02/2021: Tests for SARS-CoV-2 are considered an essential requirement for containing the pandemic. But can they detect all infections? - Herd immunity: How far we really are from it
28/01/2021: Interview with Vanessa Di Lego and Miguel Sánchez-Romero. - How long should a lockdown last?
04/12/2020: Interview with Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz. - COVID-19 and the human right to education
23/11/2020: Interview with Wolfgang Lutz. - COVID-19 could cause declines in life expectancy in 2020 in severely affected areas
17/09/2020: This analysis published in PLOS ONE shows that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause a short-term decline in life expectancy in many regions of the world. - COVID-19: Timing the lockdown...
01/07/2020: Interview with Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz. - Demographic Consequences of COVID-19
19/06/2020: IIASA and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration hosted an online symposium on 29 Jun 2020. - Age, gender and COVID-19 infections
27/05/2020: A new preprint by Tomas Sobotka et al. shows that in ten European countries, women of working age are more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than men. - Why especially young people are affected by the COVID-19 crisis
12/05/2020: Interview with Bernhard Binder-Hammer. - The COVID-19 epidemic intensifies existing inequalities
12/05/2020: Interview with Erich Striessnig. - COVID-19 customized charts & data: New website to analyse the pandemic worldwide
07/04/2020: Compare the development of the COVID-19 pandemic across the world and create customized charts.
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The Wittgenstein Centre aspires to be a world leader in the advancement of demographic methods and their application to the analysis of human capital and population dynamics. In assessing the effects of these forces on long-term human well-being, we combine scientific excellence in a multidisciplinary context with relevance to a global audience. It is a collaboration among the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the University of Vienna.